TITLE:
National Planning in Mexico: An Historical Perspective
AUTHORS:
David J. Edelman, David J. Allor
KEYWORDS:
National Planning, National Development, Development Planning, Mexico, Latin America
JOURNAL NAME:
Current Urban Studies,
Vol.6 No.3,
August
22,
2018
ABSTRACT: This paper explores the evolution of national planning in Mexico over the last
ninety years. Whereas the initial import-substitution industrialization in the
country focused too narrowly upon specific sites, later export-led industrialization
has attended only to the global market. The former was more attentive
to the immediate environment, while the latter is becoming more attentive to
the world. However, the conceptualization of national planning processes
must simultaneously recognize the dynamics of the economy at community,
regional, national, continental, and global scales. After nearly nine full decades
of promoting the positivistic search for political order and the dream of
economic progress, the institutionalized national planning process of Mexico
has evolved. That evolution is summarized here.